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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Smoke-Free Federal Buildings Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress finds the following:
(1) Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals,
including at least 69 carcinogens.
(2) Secondhand smoke is responsible for almost 50,000
deaths in the United States each year.
(3) In 2006, the Surgeon General of the United States
concluded that there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand
smoke.
(4) Secondhand smoke causes lung cancer and heart disease
among adults who do not smoke.
(5) Workplaces are a major source of secondhand smoke
exposure.
(6) The Surgeon General has concluded that smoke-free
policies are the only effective way to eliminate secondhand
smoke exposure in the workplace. Separating smokers from
nonsmokers, cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings cannot
eliminate exposure.
(7) An October 2009 report ``Secondhand Smoke Exposure and
Cardiovascular Effects: Making Sense of the Evidence'' from the
Institute of Medicine concludes that smoke-free laws reduce
heart attacks.
(8) In the ``Ending the Tobacco Epidemic: A Tobacco Control
Strategic Action Plan'', the Department of Health and Human
Services calls for a collaboration to fully implement tobacco-
free facility policies across the Federal Government.

SEC. 3. SMOKE-FREE FEDERAL BUILDINGS.

(a) Smoke-Free Federal Buildings.--Not later than 90 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act and except as provided in subsection...